Exodus 20 — BST
20Verse 1And the Lord spoke all these words, saying:Verse 2I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.Verse 3Thou shalt have no other gods beside me.Verse 4Thou shalt not make to thyself an idol, nor likeness of anything, whatever things are in the heaven above, and whatever are in the earth beneath, and whatever are in the waters under the earth.Verse 5Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor serve them; for I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, recompensing the sins of the fathers upon the children, to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me,Verse 6and bestowing mercy on them that love me to thousands of them, and on them that keep my commandments.Verse 7Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord thy God will not acquit him that takes his name in vain.Verse 8Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy.Verse 9Six days thou shalt labour, and shalt perform all thy work.Verse 10But on the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God; on it thou shalt do no work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy servant nor thy maidservant, thine ox nor thine ass, nor any cattle of thine, nor the stranger that sojourns with thee.Verse 11For in six days the Lord made the heaven and the earth, and the sea and all things in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.Verse 12Honour thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the good land, which the Lord thy God gives to thee.Verse 13Thou shalt not commit adultery.Verse 14Thou shalt not steal.Verse 15Thou shalt not kill.Verse 16Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.Verse 17Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house; nor his field, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any of his cattle, nor whatever belongs to thy neighbour.Verse 18And all the people perceived the+thundering, and the flashes, and the voice of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and all the people feared and stood afar off,Verse 19and said to Moses, Speak thou to us, and let not God speak to us, lest we die.Verse 20And Moses says to them, Be of good courage, for God is come to you to try you, that his fear may be among you, that ye sin not.Verse 21And the people stood afar off, and Moses went into the darkness where God was.Verse 22And the Lord said to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and thou shalt report it to the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.Verse 23Ye shall not make to yourselves gods of silver, and gods of gold ye shall not make to yourselves.Verse 24Ye shall make to me an altar of earth; and upon it ye shall sacrifice your whole burnt-offerings, and your peace-offerings, and your sheep and your calves in every place, where I shall record my name; and I will come to thee and bless thee.Verse 25And if thou wilt make to me an altar of stones, thou shalt not build them hewn stones; for thou hast lifted up thy tool upon them, and they are defiled.Verse 26Thou shalt not go up to my altar by steps, that thou mayest not uncover thy nakedness upon it.